Culture & Society Articles
School trustee elections important
Interim Staff It’s strange how priorities change. What is more important to the individual parent: the education and welfare of [...]
Christianity, Islam and modernity
Benedict XVI’s speech on Sept. 12 to scientists at the University of Regensburg, where he served as a professor, set [...]
Saying no to ‘no-fault’ divorce
Judy Parejko will never forget her ninth birthday. She was recovering from the funeral of her mother, who had passed [...]
Divorce and Adultery weaken marriage foundations
Adultery harms the relationship between parents and between parent and child. Theresa Smyth explores the issue. No-fault divorce has spawned [...]
Shenanigans
It’s hard writing about Queen’s Park, an institution that needs 175 Peter Kormoses to liven it up. This is a [...]
Pope outlines the devolution of Canadian values
Pope Benedict XVI received Canadian bishops from the province of Ontario Sept. 8 at his summer residence of Castelgandolfo. The [...]
Another round at CFRB radio
As I write this column, I am about to rejoin Newstalk 1010 CFRB, the largest private radio station in the [...]
Pope Benedict on Canada
How is it that the world’s smallest sovereign state is creating so much news? The Roman pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI, [...]
Happiness lies not in sexual stimulation
A visiting celestial wanderer might easily conclude that we earthlings think happiness is utterly dependent on constant sexual stimulation and [...]
Beijing jails lawyers of one-child policy opponent
Communist authorities jailed three lawyers for a blind Chinese activist in a bumbling attempt to disrupt a fair court hearing [...]
Tower of Babel gets even taller
The Tower of Babel, once a localized edifice, apparently has been extended to the point where it now covers the [...]
Whitmore case sparks debate
Is government doing enough to protect kids from pedophiles? Interim Staff The recent capture of pedophile Peter Whitmore has prompted [...]
The married state
The redefinition of marriage in Canada has caused so much scandal and confusion that marriage, as a concept, is in [...]
Debate over Sunday shopping continues to broil in Nova Scotia
On Oct. 16, 2004, an unprecedented number of Nova Scotians voted on whether to allow Sunday shopping. In Halifax, 51 [...]
Corporate supporters of ‘gay pride’
“Gay pride” season has come and gone on and it’s once again time to look at some of the key [...]